Help and Advice

This page provides helpful links to both national and Sheffield based NHS web pages regarding certain conditions and queries. We set this page up in conjunction with the “Useful Links” page to help provide further sources of information to our patients.

Practice Leaflets

Listed below are a selection of our internal posters and leaflets containing useful patient information. Please note that these files are designed to be printed in bulk and quickly, so some formatting may be peculiar until printed and placed together.

Alcohol

Drinking a moderate amount of alcohol will not do you any physical or psychological harm. However, for some people, social drinking can lead to heavier drinking, which can cause serious health problems.The more alcohol you drink the greater your risk of causing various kinds of damage to your body.Because of this, the NHS gives advice on sensible drinking based on evaluation of all the known risks.

http://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/alcohol/ - NHS choices page - Large selection of helpful information including explaining what a unit of alcohol is, help tracking your unit intake, and tips to help people cut down their alcohol consumption.

Back Pain

Back pain is a common condition and in the UK, it is the largest cause of work-related absence. Back pain can be very uncomfortable, but it is not usually serious.Back pain can affect anyone, regardless of age, but it is more common in people who are between 35 and 55 years of age.In the majority of cases, the cause of back pain can be linked to the way that the bones, muscles and ligaments in the back work together.

http://www.sheffieldcarers.org.uk/ - Main local webpage for providing support and information for carers in and around Sheffield. Not an official NHS website, but supported by Sheffield Council and NHS Trust.

Heatwave advice

Looking after yourself and others during hot weather. Most of us enjoy sunny weather, but extreme heat can seriously damage your health. During a heatwave, when temperatures stay really high day after day, it can sometimes be fatal.The safety message is to enjoy the hot weather but be sensible. Knowing how to keep cool during long periods of hot weather can help save lives.

Immunisations

Immunisation is a way of protecting ourselves from serious diseases. There are some diseases that can kill children or cause lasting damage to their health. Immunisations are given to prepare your child’s immune system (its natural defence system) to fight off those diseases when your child comes into contact with them.

Mental Health

It's easy to think that mental health issues don't concern us but in fact a quarter of us will have problems with our mental wellbeing at some time in our lives.The links below provide information to some of the local services and organisations in Sheffield and elsewhere.

Sexual Health

http://www.sheffieldsexualhealth.nhs.uk/- The Sheffield Sexual Health Services website has all the information you'll need about local sexual services, plus information and advice about sexual health issues.

Norovirus

Sometimes known as the ‘winter vomiting bug’, is the most common stomach bug in the UK, affecting people of all ages. It is highly contagious and is transmitted by contact with contaminated surfaces, an infected person, or consumption of contaminated food or water.

IBS - Irritable Bowel Syndrome

IBS is a long term medical illness. It includes symptoms of abdominal discomfort, either abdominal cramping or bloating, and a disturbance in bowel habit, which might be diarrhoea or constipation or a pattern that alternates between both.

But people with IBS also experience other symptoms like urgency (needing to rush to the toilet), indigestion, frustrated defaecation (where you want to go but can’t), and backache, headache, tiredness, muscle pains, heartburn and needing to pass urine a lot.